Radiation protection dosimetry.
Publisher:
Nuclear Technology Pub.,. Oxford, UK : Oxford University Press (2004)
Frequency: Twenty no. a year,
Country: England
Language: English
Start Year:1981 -
ISSN:
0144-8420 (Print)
1742-3406 (Electronic)
0144-8420 (Linking)
1742-3406 (Electronic)
0144-8420 (Linking)
Impact Factor
1
2022
| NLM ID: | 8109958 |
| (DNLM): | R00665000(s) |
| (OCoLC): | 07781851 |
| Coden: | RPDODE |
| Classification: | W1 RA164R |
Dose to persons assisting voluntarily during X-ray examinations of large animals. Pet owners often assist voluntarily while their pets are being X-rayed during a medical examination. Medical staff members occupationally exposed to radiation are monitored regularly, as they wear personal dosemeters, whereas no dose measurements are carried out on voluntarily assisting persons, as measurements are both cost- and time-intensive. However, the dose limits prescribed in the German radiation protection regulations have to be observed for these volunteers as well. To assist the legislator in deciding whether the German regulation should be changed so that in future the dose of volu...